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Japan Habba Cultural Event Hosts 'Animathon' Quiz, Cosplay Competition, More on January 12
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The event will host Animathon, "India's biggest and oldest anime quiz," as well as cosplay showcases and contests featuring anime, manga, and gaming-inspired designs.
The event will host Fighting Game Community (FGC) tournaments for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Street Fighter 6, and Under Night In-Birth II Sys as well as for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet VGC under Regulation G. FGC is hosting the tournaments in partnership with The Versus Festival and Pokémon GO Bengaluru.
The staff describes the event:
Since its inception in 2005, Japan Habba has been at the forefront of promoting Indo-Japanese cultural exchange. The event serves as a platform for enthusiasts to experience the essence of Japan and connect with like-minded individuals.
The 2023 event hosted a Tech & Jobs Fair on May 13 and a Cultural Festival on May 14 at the National Science Seminar Complex and Satish Dhawan Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. It hosted a seminar titled "The Greatest Artistic Movement in Anime," which spoke of the moe movement and drew on the works of Patrick Galbraith and Eiji Ootsuka. The Animathon quiz had over 200 participants and team "Cardcaptor Sakuga" won the grand prize. Finalists in the quiz won Bocchi the Rock! keychains.
The Cultural Festival also had a cosplay showcase, Pokémon Go event, and Smash Bros Ultimate tournament. Tomokuni Terukina, "a sanshin master of the Afuso-ryu school," performed on stage on May 14. The event featured stalls selling anime and manga merchandise as well as activities involving tea ceremony, calligraphy, ikebana, and origami, and traditional Japanese food.
Source: Press release
